Arts and craft

Niort certified "City and sthe Applied Arts"Niort and its territory have been since 2000 the place of welcome, exhibition and animation of thousands "creators" of the Poitou-Charentes region.Niort and the nearby Swamp from Poitou also invite the visitor to push the door of workshops to discover these ancestral know-how: jewelry, sculpture, cabinetmaking, wrought-iron craft …

"36 Quai des Arts", your Arts and Crafts shop"36 Quai des Arts" urges you to come under Les Halles and discover the creative diversity of these Arts and Crafts professionals in Deux-Sèvres. A rich department of more than 250 companies and 217 jobs in different know-hows combining creation, innovation and restoration. These creative craftsmen shape the wood, the metal, the stone, the clay in unique rooms or small series; products of an alchemy of "the spirit, the hand, the material" which accompanies the idea towards the creation.

An underscoring of the craft know-howDemonstrations around art professions, thematic markets, visits of workshops offer the opportunity to various public to arrest closely the know-how by meeting directly the craftsmen.

Niort Marais Poitevin

Niort Marais poitevin – Vallée de la Sèvre Niortaise Tourist Office offers practical informations to book and organize your trip in Niort and in the Marais Poitevin, “Grand Site de France”.Gites, hotels, guest houses, campsites… come and relax in a quiet place, over the river Sèvre Niortaise and its castles. Ride by boat, by walk or by bike : conquer the Green Venice. Discover animations, activities, sites you must see, restaurants… to move during your next holidays between plain and marsh.